A06245 Summary:
BILL NO | A06245A |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Benedetto |
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Amd S2.10, CP L | |
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Authorizes the Co-op City public safety department in Bronx county to appoint special policemen with certain specified powers, and grants peace officer status to special policemen and public safety officers so appointed. |
A06245 Actions:
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03/25/2013 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/27/2013 | amend and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/27/2013 | print number 6245a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/16/2013 | enacting clause stricken |
A06245 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA06245 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6245--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to authorizing the Co-op City public safety depart- ment in Bronx county to appoint special policemen with certain speci- fied powers, and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting peace officer status to special policemen so appointed The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the popu- 2 lation and land area under the supervision and jurisdiction of the 3 limited profit housing company known as "Co-op City" in Bronx county are 4 the largest of any single housing project or complex in the state and 5 are akin to the population and land area associated in popular under- 6 standing with a city. The legislature further finds that, unfortunately, 7 the larger the population and land area of a community, the more inci- 8 dents of crime are likely to occur and the greater the need for stepped- 9 up law enforcement activity, and this is no less true of Co-op City. The 10 legislature further finds that the patrolmen of the housing company's 11 Co-op City public safety department perform what are essentially munici- 12 pal police functions at little or no cost to the taxpayers of this state 13 because the salaries and law enforcement activities of the housing 14 company's Co-op City public safety department, which activities supple- 15 ment and often take the place of those of the police department of the 16 city of New York, are paid for out of the monthly housing maintenance 17 payments of the residents of Co-op City, rather than from municipal 18 coffers. It is clear that without the Co-op City public safety depart- 19 ment's patrolmen the city of New York and the taxpayers of the city and 20 state would necessarily have to shoulder the sole burden of law enforce- 21 ment for Co-op City. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09933-02-3A. 6245--A 2 1 Accordingly, the legislature finds and declares that the unique situ- 2 ation and special conditions present with respect to the area and commu- 3 nity known as "Co-op City" in Bronx county are matters of state concern 4 and warrant granting the patrolmen of the Co-op City public safety 5 department powers analogous to those granted by law to the security 6 officers of the state university of New York contained in paragraph l of 7 subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as specified herein- 8 below in this act. The legislature declares the necessity for the enact- 9 ment of this act in furtherance of its police powers to protect the 10 public safety of the residents of this state. 11 § 2. The public safety department of a limited profit housing company 12 known as "Co-op City", a company owning, leasing or controlling real 13 property in a large area of Bronx county, and its successors and 14 assigns, may appoint and at pleasure remove, one or more special police- 15 men. Every special policeman so appointed shall, within 15 days there- 16 after, before entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe 17 the oath of office prescribed in the thirteenth article of the constitu- 18 tion of the state of New York and file the same in the office of the 19 county clerk of the county of Bronx. The compensation of such special 20 policemen shall be paid by such public safety department by which they 21 are appointed. 22 § 3. Subject to the provisions of the criminal procedure law, such 23 special policemen shall be peace officers for the limited profit housing 24 company known as "Co-op City" in Bronx county, or for its successors and 25 assigns. In addition thereto such special policemen shall have the power 26 and duty to preserve law and order on the grounds and other property of 27 the company at which the special policeman is appointed to serve, 28 including any public highway which crosses or adjoins such property. 29 Persons so appointed shall, in the course of and in the actual perform- 30 ance of their official duties have the power to execute arrest warrants 31 pursuant to article 120 of the criminal procedure law and search 32 warrants pursuant to article 690 of the criminal procedure law. In 33 addition, such peace officers shall, in the course of and in the actual 34 performance of their official duties have the power to follow a person 35 in continuous close pursuit outside the grounds or other property of the 36 company when the special policeman has reasonable cause to believe such 37 person has committed an offense on the grounds or other property of the 38 company including any public highway which crosses or adjoins such prop- 39 erty, and may arrest such person for such offense where the person is 40 apprehended, and shall have the power to issue and serve an appearance 41 ticket, as defined in section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law, for 42 an offense other than a felony in lieu of an arrest, and a simplified 43 traffic information and appearance ticket in the form prescribed by the 44 commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to section 207 of the vehicle 45 and traffic law, upon a person when he has reasonable cause to believe 46 that such person has committed a traffic offense in his presence on the 47 sites owned, operated and maintained by the limited profit housing 48 company known as "Co-op City", and where applicable, such simplified 49 traffic informations shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of 50 article 2-A of the vehicle and traffic law. 51 The appointment of such peace officers shall not be deemed to super- 52 sede in any way the authority of other peace officers or police offi- 53 cers. 54 Such peace officers shall have the power to prevent disturbances and 55 breaches of the peace in and about the parks, playgrounds, buildings and 56 grounds so owned, leased or controlled, and the approaches thereto, andA. 6245--A 3 1 shall protect and preserve the same from injury, and shall enforce the 2 established rules and regulations of the company. They shall have the 3 power to arrest, or issue appearance tickets as authorized by article 4 150 of the criminal procedure law or any other law, administrative code 5 or local law to, any person committing: (i) any crime or offense, 6 including but not limited to any wilful trespass in said area or on such 7 grounds or property or in or upon such buildings or on the streets, 8 avenues, and roads in said area or on such grounds, or (ii) any 9 violation of the provisions of, or traffic infraction defined by, the 10 vehicle and traffic law, or (iii) any violation of the traffic or park- 11 ing regulations of the city of New York, and shall either issue an 12 appearance ticket as authorized by article 150 of the criminal procedure 13 law or any other law, administrative code or local law to, or convey 14 such person so arrested with a statement of the cause of such arrest 15 before a local criminal court having jurisdiction of the offense. 16 Each such special policeman shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a 17 metallic shield with the words "special policeman", his rank, if any, 18 and the name of the public safety department of the limited profit hous- 19 ing company which appointed him inscribed thereon. 20 § 4. Any wilful trespass in said area or upon any grounds therein or 21 the buildings and approaches thereto; and any wilful injury to any of 22 the said buildings, grounds, area, or to any trees, shrubbery, fences, 23 fixtures or other property thereon or pertaining thereto, and any wilful 24 disturbance of the peace thereon shall constitute a misdemeanor. 25 § 5. The provisions of the vehicle and traffic law and the traffic 26 regulations and parking regulations of the city of New York shall apply 27 and extend to the use, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles on 28 the streets, avenues, and roads of the said Co-op City area or on such 29 grounds, and shall apply with the same force and effect to the streets, 30 avenues, and roads of the said area as they apply to the streets, 31 avenues and roads of the city of New York. A violation thereof shall be 32 classifiable and punishable as provided in such law or regulations. 33 § 6. a. Appearance tickets issued by Co-op City special policemen 34 shall be returnable before a court, administrative tribunal or adjudica- 35 tory body having jurisdiction over the crime, offense, traffic infrac- 36 tion or parking violation charged, in the same manner and with the same 37 effect, and with the same discretion where there is concurrent jurisdic- 38 tion over what is charged respecting to which of the three above-listed 39 alternatives the appearance ticket shall be made returnable, as appear- 40 ance tickets issued by city police or by enforcement officers of any 41 city agency. 42 b. Where an appearance ticket has been served by a Co-op City special 43 policeman appointed as provided in this act in lieu of arrest in cases 44 authorized by article 150 of the criminal procedure law, the officer of 45 the police department of the city of New York assigned to desk duty in 46 the precinct in which the service of such appearance ticket is made, is 47 hereby authorized and directed to administer to such Co-op City special 48 policeman all necessary oaths in connection with the execution of the 49 complaint to be presented in the local criminal court by such Co-op City 50 special policeman in the prosecution of such offense. 51 § 7. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding 52 two new subdivisions 84 and 85 to read as follows: 53 84. Persons appointed as special policemen for "Co-op City" in Bronx 54 county by the public safety department of a limited profit housing 55 company of the same name pursuant to the provisions of a chapter of the 56 laws of two thousand thirteen which added this subdivision, provided,A. 6245--A 4 1 however, that any person so appointed must have satisfactorily completed 2 or complete within one year of the date of his appointment a course of 3 law enforcement training approved by the municipal police training coun- 4 cil in consultation with the company and shall be subject to any further 5 requirements as are specified in such chapter of the laws of two thou- 6 sand thirteen, as such chapter may, from time to time, be amended. 7 85. (a) Persons serving as public safety officers for a limited 8 profit housing complex known as "Co-op City" in Bronx county to prevent 9 crime and enforce the law while acting in connection with their special- 10 ized duties of employment; provided however, that nothing in this subdi- 11 vision shall be deemed to authorize any such officer to carry, possess, 12 repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor 13 has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law. 14 (b) Prior to performing the duties permitted under paragraph (a) of 15 this subdivision, a person must have successfully completed the training 16 requirement set forth in section 2.30 of this article and any additional 17 peace officer training required by the municipal police training council 18 in accordance with section eight hundred thirty-nine of the executive 19 law. 20 § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 21 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.